camlet

American  

[kam-lit] / ˈkæm lɪt /

noun

1. a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.

2. apparel made of this material.

3. a rich fabric of medieval Asia believed to have been made of camel's hair or angora wool.

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verb (used with object)

camletted, camletting

1. to decorate (fabric, book edges, etc.) with a colorful, marbled design.

camlet British  

/ ˈkæmlɪt /

noun

1. a tough waterproof cloth

2. a garment or garments made from such cloth

3. a soft woollen fabric used in medieval Asia

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Etymology

Origin of camlet

1350–1400; Middle English camelet < Middle French, perhaps < Arabic khamlah kind of plush fabric, akin to khaml nap, pile

Example Sentences

I reckoned I saw her t’other day, a-passing through the Strand, but she saw not me—in a green perpetuance gown, and a black camlet hood.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

"Now I go to get my camlet ready,"—a great cape like a cloak,—"and to roll up a blanket."

From Maid Sally by Cheever, Harriet A.

History and romance have consecrated the brown camlet overcoat, and trunks of the same material worn by Louis XI.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

Just then a man in a camlet jacket entered the saloon—cuddy, I believe, is the proper word for it.

From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

From the wool a kind of camlet cloth is woven.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis